Dewsbury and Batley (UK Parliament constituency)

Dewsbury and Batley
Dewsbury and Batley
County constituency; for the House of Commons
	Boundaries since 2024
	Boundary of Dewsbury and Batley in Yorkshire and the Humber
County	West Yorkshire
Major settlements	Batley; Dewsbury; Kirkburton; Thornhill;
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Iqbal Mohamed (Independent)
Seats	One
Created from	Dewsbury (majority); Batley and Spen (minority);

Dewsbury and Batley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, represented since 2024 by Iqbal Mohamed, an Independent.^[1] It was created following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, and first contested in the 2024 general election.^[2] The constituency is located in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire.^[3]

Quick facts County, Major settlements ...

Areas	Kirklees Wards	Former Constituency
Batley	Batley East, and Batley West	Batley and Spen
Dewsbury	Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, and Dewsbury West	Dewsbury
Flockton / Grange Moor	Kirkburton (minority)	Dewsbury (plus 30 voters from Huddersfield)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Iqbal Mohamed	15,641	41.1	*N/A*
	Labour	Heather Iqbal	8,707	22.9	36.2
	Reform UK	Jonathan Thackray	6,152	16.2	12.8
	Conservative	Lalit Suryawanshi	4,182	11.0	17.7
	Green	Simon Cope	2,048	5.4	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	John Rossington	1,340	3.5	1.0
Majority			6,934	18.2	N/A
Turnout			38,070	53.1	12.5
Registered electors			71,685
	Independent gain from Labour

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